United States Coast Guard
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The United State Coast Guard was formed when the United States Revenue Cutter Service was amalgamated with the United States Lighthouse Service and the United States Lifeboat Service, early in the 20th century.[1]
United States Revenue Cutter Service
The Revenue Cutter Service was founded by Alexander Hamilton, shortly after US indepence, and about a dozen years prior to the founding of the United States Navy.
The service's first ten small vessels were all single masted cutters. By long-standing tradition all the service's vessels were referred to as "cutters", no matter how many masts they deployed.
During the War of 1812 the service's cutters were used as warships, and were quite successful.
References
- ↑ "Revenue Cutter Operations and the Core Coast Guard Missions". US Coast Guard. https://media.defense.gov/2017/Jun/26/2001768973/-1/-1/0/WAROF1812DOC.PDF. Retrieved 2022-09-25. "Operations in the War of 1812 oday, the United States Coast Guard supports nearly a dozen humanitarian, defense security and law enforcement missions."
